Education:J.D., University of Michigan (magna cum laude) B.A., University of North Carolina (with honors)Teaching & Scholarship:Criminal Law, Federal Practice, Civil ProcedureProfessional Activities:University of Florida: Joined College of Law in 1990 as Assistant Professor. Named Associate Professor (1992-95), Professor (1995). Research Sabbatical (1996-97) on Italian Constitution Court.Visiting Faculty: University of San Diego School of Law, California Western School of Law.Private Practice: Judicial Clerk, Judge J. Edward Lumbard, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, New York (1987-88); Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C. (1988-90).Professional Affiliations: Order of the Coif, Pennsylvania Bar Association.

About Elizabeth T Lear

Education:J.D., University of Michigan (magna cum laude) B.A., University of North Carolina (with honors)Teaching & Scholarship:Criminal Law, Federal Practice, Civil ProcedureProfessional Activities:University of Florida: Joined College of Law in 1990 as Assistant Professor. Named Associate Professor (1992-95), Professor (1995). Research Sabbatical (1996-97) on Italian Constitution Court.Visiting Faculty: University of San Diego School of Law, California Western School of Law.Private Practice: Judicial Clerk, Judge J. Edward Lumbard, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, New York (1987-88); Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C. (1988-90).Professional Affiliations: Order of the Coif, Pennsylvania Bar Association.